is a Japanese Internet media company with headquarters in the

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2003 and named after builder Minoru Mori, it is the centerpiece of the Roppongi Hills urban development. It is the sixth-tallest building in Tokyo at . The tower has a ...

Roppongi is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. A few foreign embassies are located near Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. It has been operating the social network service

GREE GREE (derived from an abbreviation of the " Six degrees of separation" concept) is a Japanese social networking service founded by Yoshikazu Tanaka and operated by GREE, Inc. GREE focuses primarily on mobile games and over ninety percent of it ...

since its establishment in December 2004.

History

* Feb. 2004 Release of GREE alpha to the public by Yoshikazu Tanaka as a personal hobby * Mar. 2004 Exceeds 10,000 users * Dec. 2004 Established GREE, Inc. * Nov. 2006 Launches EZ GREE (now au one GREE) as a

KDDI () is a Japanese telecommunications operator formed on October 1, 2000 through the merger of DDI Corp. (Daini-Denden Inc.), KDD (Kokusai Denshin Denwa) Corp. (itself a former listed state-owned enterprise privatized in 1998), and IDO Corp. It h ...

Mobile official service * Feb. 2007 Launches GREE as a NTT Docomo official service * Mar. 2007 Exceeds 1 million users * Aug. 2007 Launches GREE as a

Softbank is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The Group primarily invests in companies operating in technology, energy, and financial sectors. It also runs the ...

official service * Dec. 2008 Listed on the Market of the High-Growth and Emerging Stocks * Apr. 2009 Exceeds 10 million users * Jun. 2010 Exceeds 20 million users * Jun. 2010 Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange * Jun. 2010 Release of third-party applications on "GREE Platform" * Jul. 2010 Relocates Company headquarters to

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 2003 and named after builder Minoru Mori, i